The region was under a mid/upper level northwest flow as the main ridge axis was to our west. At the surface, there was a stalled frontal boundary aligning west to east across the central Midlands.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
The region was under a mid/upper level northwest flow as the main ridge axis was to our west. At the surface, there was a stalled frontal boundary aligning west to east across the central Midlands. The atmosphere became moderately unstable with some indices in the strong category. The K Index and Cape were in the strong category. The wind field was relatively weak, but there was some mid level dry air that may enhance thunderstorm downdrafts leading to strong damaging winds. PW values were around 1.75 inches. This combined with slow storm movement could potentially produce locally heavy rain and localized flooding.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 300 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE PLUS A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL KEEP THE CHANCE FOR MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS. BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... WV/IR SATELLITE SHOWING A SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE TN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST NAM AND GFS INDICATING SHORTWAVE ENERGY APPROACHING THE WESTERN CAROLINAS/NRN GA THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST CAE WRF MODEL AND NSSL WRF INDICATING CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA 20Z-22Z THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVING ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NAM BUFKIT SHOWING WEAK CAP BREAKING DOWN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH PWAT VALUES INCREASING TO 1.9 INCHES. LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD ALSO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT RATHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED PULSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AND CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT WITH FAVORABLE WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS AND DRY AIR ALOFT. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO THE 30 TO ALMOST 40 PCT RANGE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SOME CLOUDS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... A CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT EXTENDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATING WARM MID AND LOW LEVELS WITH A BIT OF A CAPPING INVERSION. DESPITE MODERATE INSTABILITY...THE LACK OF A TRIGGER AND ANY UPPER SUPPORT AND THE INHIBITING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION AND WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE THOUGH WITH FAVORABLE MID LEVEL DRY AIR AND WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS SUPPORTIVE OF HAIL. WILL KEEP WARM TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID...POSSIBLY SOME UPPER...90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THE CHANCES OF CONVECTION INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION AND THE UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFIES. STRENGTHENING SOUTHWESTERLY 850MB WINDS AND SOUTHERLY 500MB WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE NORTHWARD TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION WITH PWAT VALUES RISING TO AROUND 1.75 INCHES. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LIMITED GIVEN MOIST FORECAST SOUNDINGS. WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS WEDNESDAY WITH DIMINISHING POPS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS CONVECTION WANES DUE TO LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE VERY WARM IN THE AROUND 90. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WITH PWAT VALUES REMAINING AROUND 1.7 INCHES WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY BUT WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE AREA. SOME WEAK UPPER RIDGING RETURNS BY SUNDAY BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND EXPECT DAILY DIURNAL CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH EAST TODAY. WEAK CAP OVER THE AREA MAY BREAK BY LATE AFTERNOON AND WITH A SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE POSSIBLE AFTER 22Z. CONFIDENCE IS STILL TOO LOW TO MENTION TSRA IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 450 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-030-035-036-038-041-102100- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD-AIKEN- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- 450 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ015-016-020>022-026>029-031-037-102100- LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-SUMTER-CALHOUN- 450 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 269 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
503 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
SCZ020-021-025-026-092200-
EDGEFIELD-FAIRFIELD-NEWBERRY-SALUDA-
503 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NEWBERRY...FAIRFIELD...
AND SALUDA COUNTIES...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING NEWBERRY...FAIRFIELD...
AND SALUDA COUNTIES FROM THE WEST. THE STORMS WILL BEGIN
MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES BY 600 PM.
IF THE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING WILL BE NEEDED.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE READY TO
TAKE COVER.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR USUALLY OFFERS THE
BEST PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 8200 3413 8188 3420 8195 3430 8190
3437 8178 3453 8165 3453 8162 3445 8153
3449 8149 3450 8143 3458 8142 3456 8110
3381 8169 3395 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 290DEG 15KT 3411 8156SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
547 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
SCZ021-092215-
FAIRFIELD-
547 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR THE CHESTER AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY LINE
NEAR INTERSTATE 77. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD NEAR 25 MPH.
THE STORM LIKELY CONTAINS WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. STRONGER WINDS MAY OCCUR.
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR USE
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.COLUMBIA.GOV TO RELAY
SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. &&
LAT...LON 3455 8102 3455 8089 3450 8089 3449 8090
3447 8088 3441 8088 3446 8112 3455 8113
3456 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 270DEG 22KT 3454 8105The Columbia radar (KCAE), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported nickel to quarter size hail and windy conditions along Heritage Road.
Public reported several limbs down, some large, along Binnicker Bridge Road. They also reported penny size hail.
Public reported large limbs down and wind gusts estimated to be from 50 to 60 mph. They also reported pea size hail.
Public reported several limbs down and two large limbs down in Cope. They also reported dime size hail.
Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down near the intersection of Blewer Road and Dunn Road.
SC Highway Patrol reported trees down along Cordova Road near the Chateau Heights subdivision.
An EF0 Tornado snapped off a few trees and uprooted a couple of trees along a path from near Ditch Bank Road southeast across Old School House Road then across Ebenezer Road to near Fiesta Court. The estimated wind speeds ranged from 75 to 85 mph.
Along Ennis Lane there was a small tree uprooted. There was damage to a small shed covering a water pump. Portions of a metal roof covering an open air cattle barn was damaged. There was also some damage to a corn field that was due to a microburst. There were additional small to large branches down along Ebenezer Road.
SC Highway Patrol reported trees down on I-26 near mile marker 169.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2014Warnings in South Carolina, June 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 511848, 511847, 511845, 511846, 511844, 511842, 511839, 511840, 511841.